geobgia



G. VAN G. GRANGER RUG BAG ct. 3o, 192s.

Original Filed July 1'7, 1925 Ressued Oct. 30, 1928..

' UNITED STATES Re.17,11s

PATENT OFFICE.

GEBTRUDE VAN GBANGER, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR T MOTH- PROOF BG BAG COMPANY, OI' GHATHAM COUNTY, GEOBGIA., A. CORPORATION.

RUG Bae.

Original No. 1,581,535, dated April 20, 1926, Serial No. 44,327, led July 17, 1925. Application .fo reissue led August-17, 1927, Serial No. 213,939.

- thus protect them from dust and destruct-ive insects, such as mot-hs. .Briefly stated, 'the .use of the bag is as follows:

The rug to be protected is rolled on a pole, the bag opened and the rug placed therein. The bag carries a permanently attached top,

- with a reinforced-segment in back which acts as a hinge, with closure means for placing the bag in a moth-proof, dust-proof condition.

`The novelty of the bag lies chiefly in using a section of the bag as a hinge for the top.

A further improvement is mounting the closure means on beading, the beading in turn being mounted on tape which, in4 turn, is mounted on thebag in such a way as to allow the edge of the bag to project up into the top and so make a dust-proof, moth-proof joint Other novelty lies in the use of a triangular clasp in the corner of the opening of the bag,

, so as to keep the bag, when the bag is not drawn shut, in a semi-open position, which facilitates the placing of rugst-herein.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a .perspective of the bag in opened position, with the rug partly inserted therein. f

Figure 2 is a rear elevation showing the bag in semi-closed position with a part of the rear broken away.

Figure 3 is a plan view of` fastener carrying tapes.

'Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view drawn through the top, tape and fastener.

/As shown in Figure 1, the invention comprises a bag 1, open, with top 2 held in position by segment of the bag 3, used as a hinge to swing 'the top into a closed position when the bag is desired to be shut.

Top 2 is in such relative position as to allow the-edge of bag 4 to project -beyond the closure means 11 and thus prevent dust and insects from entering when the bag is in aclosed position and also protects the contents of the bag from chang on the closure means 11.

The top 2 is fastened to a tape 6, which runs 'around 'the bottom of the top to the side of hinged section 3. A similar tape continues around the'bag below top 4, as at 5. Each of these tapes are secured to the top and bag respectively, by a line of stitching adjacent its lower edge, so that the adjacent edges of tapes I are left free. On the free edges of these tapes is mounted closure means 10 and 11. At the juncture. of the tapes 6 -and 5, adjacent to the hinge 3, is a triangular shaped clasp 9, which serves to keep the bag 1 in a semi-opened con' dition when the fastening means 10 and 11 are not drawn shut. The trian lar metal clasp acts asv a wedge, the point o the triangle being positioned in the corner of the opening of the bag. en the closure means' is not in operation, Athe 'bag will be kept in a semiopen position by said clasp-acting as a. wedge.

cover any crevice left. A name plate 15 is.

shown in connection with bag 1. A

In Figure 2, hinged section 3 is shown reinforced by an interlocking of the folds of the cloth in the form of a seam. The closure means 10 and 11 is operated by apulling member 14.

In Figure S, tapes 6 and 5 which 'are fasf tened on the top v2 and bag 4 as described, show attached to the edges of tapes`,`beading 12 and 13 respectively, upon which closing means is strung.`

In Figure 4, the top 2 is shown attached to tape 6, and the beading 12 attached thereon, with the closing means attached thereto.

What I claim is:

1. In a tubular bag, a top, the top attached to the bag by mea-ns of a section of the bag, said section acting as a hinge, a closure means, the closure means having a triangular clasp between. the edges of the closure means .in order to keep the bag in a. semi-open position.

2. A tubular bag of flexible material having a section thereof projecting beyond the open end thereof, a top secured to said section, said section forming a hinge, cooperative interlocking means xed to said bag below the open end thereof and to the hinged' edge of said top, and means slidably connected to said interlocking means to draw the top into locked engagement with the end of saidI bag proj eetinflr into said top.

3. A mimlar bag of exible material, a mbular top fitting snugly over the open end of' said bag and hinged thereto below said. end, cooperative interlocking means'xed around said bag-below said end and around the edge of said top on opposite sides o f the hinge connection therebetween, and means slidably' connected to said interlocking means to draw the j top into locked-engagement with the j end of said bag projecting into saidv top.

4. AvtubuIa-r bag of 'fiexible material hav- I ing a tubular closure `hinged to said bag below the open end thereof, coo erativeinterlocking mea-ns fixed to vsaid ag and top, and means slidable along saidinterloeking means on said bag or to open position thereon.

to move said top into closed locked position In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

GERTRUDE VAN' GIESEN GRANGER.' 

